The weather on one of the most inhospitable exoplanets ever discovered, with raining rocks and 60 mile deep lava seas, has been predicted by astronomers. The world, named K2-141b, was found around 200 light years away from Earth and has winds of more than 3,000 mph and surface temperatures over 5,000F. Researchers from McGill and York … Read more
The most extreme school bus on the planet: Torsus’ Praetorian guarantees to get your kids to class, even if it’s in a war zone The durable bus transports 35 children to schools in the most remote locations It starts life as a MAN vehicle with a 6.9-litre diesel engine producing 286bhp Long-travel suspension, huge steel … Read more
Meghan Markle told her PR team that she wanted to be the ‘most famous person on the planet’ before she and Harry quit the Royal Family, Lady Colin Campbell claims Lady Colin Campbell claimed Meghan Markle told advisers she wanted to be the ‘most famous person on the planet’ before she and Harry quit the … Read more
You’ve seen Petra in Jordan on the silver screen in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, now it’s time to plan a visit to see it in real life, because according to the adventure experts at Lonely Planet it’s the No1 place to experience in the world. It features as the top-ranked destination in the … Read more
Mars and the moon are meeting in the sky TONIGHT, as the Red Planet makes its closest approach to Earth in years Mars and the moon will meet each other starting at 11:35pm ET Friday Earth is preparing to pass between Mars and the sun, bringing the planets closer Those living in South America will see … Read more
While there was no official dress code for the occasion, it seems both the Cambridge family and Sir David Attenborough decided blue was the colour for their meeting in the gardens of Kensington Palace on Thursday. The friendly meeting saw everyone donning something blue – from Princess Charlotte’s sporty pumps to Sir David’s linen jacket … Read more
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet Verdict: Powerful and important Rating: About 25 years ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sir David Attenborough. He was already regarded as a kind of wise, benign uncle to the nation. Now he’s 94, maybe we should think of him as a great-great uncle. Sitting alone with … Read more
When I was a junior fashion editor, the notion of ‘sustainable style’ was a bit of an oxymoron. There were just a couple of hardcore labels, of the frayed hemp variety (shudder). How times have changed! Designer brands, High-Street stores, online retailers… all are making bigger and bolder attempts to turn green. Which means that, … Read more
Our planet is facing an unprecedented challenge. As I warned last week, we are living in the shadow of a disaster – and it is one of our own making. Just like the people who lived by the doomed nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, we are on the verge of destruction. By regarding the Earth as our … Read more
Astronomers have discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a distant white dwarf star. The planet, christened ‘WD 1856 b’ is located about 80 light years away in the northern constellation Draco. White dwarfs are the incredibly dense remains of sun-sized stars after they exhaust their nuclear fuel, shrunk down to roughly the size of Earth. WD … Read more